MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
All Squawk
Benedict Cumberbatch stands out with normal skin in so-so semi-horror novel adaptation, The Thing with Feathers.
A Tale as Old as Time
Russell Crowe is a suitably chilling Hermann Göring in James Vanderbilt’s chillingly timely Nuremberg.
More of a Duke
Animated Jesus origin story The King of Kings has a very specific market and not enough creativity to attract anyone else.
Who Needs Plot?
Sho Miyake’s quiet, spare, thoughtful Two Seasons, Two Strangers proves he’s one of Japan’s best right now.
Desu… Janai Desu-ka?
Mamoru Hosoda’s ambitious Scarlet doesn’t come close to Hamlet’s depth or storytelling grace.
Raising Something
Bi Gan’s Resurrection goes down a very, very, very deep Cannes rabbit hole.
Sex and the Single Girl
Tam Wai-ching turns a glaring spotlight on our blindspots about people with disabilities and sex in Someone Like Me.
Good Enough
Wicked: For Good may not be the surprising jolt that Wicked was, but it’s got its moments.
‘Girl’ Trouble
Shu Qi’s transformation into Artiste is complete, with her debut feature Girl.
It’s Right There in the Title
Regretting You is precisely what you’d expect from the author of It Ends With Us.
Intentional
It Was Just an Accident director Jafar Panahi will not shut up, and that’s a good thing.